Complete database of events related to the internal armed conflict in Peru, extracted from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR). 5,159 events documented from 1817 to 2003.
The Shining Path killed babies and small children whose cries could give away the location of their camps to the army. Shining Path commanders warned women to make sure their children did not cry, because the military could easily locate them. When a child cried a lot, generally because of …
Modesto Melgar was murdered by the PCP-SL in December 1982 in a place called Chillcapampa, on the banks of the Pampas River in the jurisdiction of Cangallo. At that time, the PCP-SL had set up a barracks in this area. Previously, the hikers had attacked the Civil Guard post in …
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